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REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF GEORGIA, FOB 1865
The following syoops's of the report of the
i. ' .Tp'ro. er Gener . £ the State of Georgia,
■S. hod it fcc A 'Gd.j Intelligencer, j
»,l Oc?. :r»?b, firivek a gratifying of the ,
fiuarcii! condition and prospects </£ our State, j
11 rh credit ts <i*ie tn these having cSferr* and |
ir.f: iireciua of the iioaaces for the aviit* v with j
?h;cb this dep?rtm»r: .- conducted; and • - Mr. j
the pi«m ucd intelligible statements whico bis j
Report? a!u)s c * i...n.
The Intelligencer says :
RaPniU OK TIIK • VvPTROLLEti Gr.v:IBAL OfGkOP.- t
(~a kor Wc have been favored by Col.
Thweatt, tiit* effi .eot Comptroller Lc-nera; of our |
State, with a pamphiet copy o't bis rtport made to
■ -* Governor, it. a-c' rdanee with law, on tne 2!st
st. We thuuk Oi- T. for bis favor, as it will
enable us to present m iry important items to our
- aders, connected with the fiscal operations of
• rState Government, as well as many others of
merest to them and toe country. This we shall
• ir.mence doing :n mts issue, and will continue
> Oo so, from riav to day, until we shall lav most
it the valuable information embraced in This able
j OJlbe'ore our readers.
According to the report of the Comptroller, the
, *c« sip’s at ihe Treasury for the tiscal year, 1882,
irhien ends on the noth October,) were, in the
aggregate, $8,617,C10 81, while the disbursements
f,r tNe a rue period hare been $7,924,617 39
leaving a balance r > the Treasure, at that date, "f
42.
The r ipts w' r< m inly from the General Tax
k I d!!, which amounted to $604,631.6'.*; frOrn
the nett M-rningsol the Western A Atlantic rai l -
’••..id p.v i into ri»e Treasury amounting to $140,*
•>; i: cm General T \ of 1562, Tax on Hanks,
Bui:* ir. v 1 \!'■ rd-, *‘rom •» de of State Bonds to pay
Conted-.*ate War Tax $2,441,000.0"; from icm
porary Loans Irvin Banks, $1,820,000.00; from
■be • sueo: leorg a Treasury Notes, S2.B2O I bOO.CK’;
'tiid other m se*?i:ar.e« is item?, wi»h the cash on
ha. d t. to ■ . st October of last year, making the
%■%* i o! receipt- as shove $s 617,619. i! •
Tb* principal *'* *us of disbursements appear to
.v* tiie atieruui * . i on account of the Cniilecl
crate War Tax, $9,477,097.82; on the Temporary
h isos tr« m the Banks, $l,8o»»,d"0.W; on account
•• in* Miiiiery Defence of Georgia, s2,'; *.290.25;
on account of n.e I, icaHonal Fund, $ ■ 4‘vj'.iO.OO;
on accnuut of the Expense.* of the Legislature,
$»»2. 49.86; for the ropport of t&A St'ite Troops in
i •■'>!, $lO •i • ■ lor interest on tfu? puolic debt,
si7 ,297.91, lorr»'dncti"U d publiedebt,s- 1,620.-
• 00; aud numerous other I’ems. all making »he
Aggregate* ol * xpenditure for the fiscal voar, 1862,
$7.-:4,ri17w9.
Thu (joinptroller, we notice, in referring to h:s
t xhibtt of the n coipta and disburden, nt it the
Trca-nry f-r 1662 says of it, that ‘ : wil. be seen
tba’ $2, i VJ, ‘290,2.6 is charged . having been
drawn frciu ti.* Tre»43i.it you tij" a., »..!)/*• • ap
propriation. Bat Co». Jared 1. Wh’i'.iker, the
.Sale's Couinii >arv General, has refunded to that
Fund s.'>su t (*UO, ..ris.ng from the . ale - < mmis
sary Stores remaining on hand after the Stale
Tr-iops were disband* d, or turned <»v.,»r to the
Contederato Slat* s G-v.-rnmen’; $ >o,ooo has
been ret undid by *a it. i- •‘er, Q . .rt rinas-Gen*
■'ral, as mouty an-iuj from sale iQu irtermas-
V* r \j stores: and $58,286 do has ul ■ been refund
cd ly \i, 11. Mclntosh Chief of the Ordnance
Stores. Th<:-<* several sums, .mounting to
$458, 286,0", beig credited to the $* *o i 'b Fund,
«rdl iiav lue actual amount expend d, u. that
Fumi, s2,cl}i,oo*t 2*V>
The Comp!r Her then proceeds so estimate what
i.N:t ordinary re. upta and expenditures will be for
'-he uext hsual year, and sets down the receipts,
adding a balance ot $173,628.91, alter paying ap
iropriaticrrt for at $1,594,244.47, and the
ordinary expenses .it $1,356,025.00; showing a
a irpius ui $238/219.47.
•The. appropriations made by the last Legislas
t ire, and now undrawn, the Comptroller sets down
at $.519,873.51. *ln tins statement," he says, “of
course die unexpended balance of $‘2,018,995.75,0f
Ibe $5/100,000 military appropriations is not in*
•hided. Oniy $.*0,000 of this fund is included in
this statement, u. it is believed that that sum will
coverall possible demande upon that fund "-un
less the enemy should come upou our mainland
’-h\H winter, aud t may become necessary t*i again
sail out the citizens :u her defend*.”
All the foregoing exhibits are clear and inteili*
»:bm to the inf rmed of our leaders, and
r-fleef much credit open the Comptroller, who
has so well “put them r ght.”
Os the F.uhlic Debt ihe Comptroller informs us
“through'’ ibo courtesy <*t John Jones, Ksq*, State
Treasurer,” b ■ is “enabled to turnish" a states
n cut us the prevent i . ’ebtedoess ■ . *.he State in
Hoods. 1 no* he sets cl wn ut $6 "97,750. Os this
amiuiu* $82,0v0 art* par: doe, and n t paying any
mtereat. The TubUn Debt, of Go rg:a, therefore,
stands thus:
Bonds bearing interest $6,015,750
Bonds not beam t interest., .. 2,000
Treasury Nou-s not b a ing mi res» . 2,320,000 ;
r* ‘al $8 417,750 |
Tv met t deb:» •-’ness th ' ' • -Her g.* *-•
n (» si»\, rp.M n-.h not
wealth o i v,u u,' • , oij .
a * ■■■■ i
r-nz Bonds uod Notes • ;u! . :**•* par *or tit *m.
fit r public debt ;s as .vs
Shari'-s of Stvck mit Ath m.e
4 Gull Railroad. .. £7 ■ oO
.',109 Shares f S: :n d
Gunks.... .. . _9 ,?e0 00
W ,'er?* A .i‘ antic iv-k... .1.
nuted bv i Committ; * *t the L* /
Mature...... 7.849,■_ :4 63
Total. $3,6P» 124 63
e miU'ons ok t * • :.»*:?*. Geor .ua hare
v* en ' > •. r.v :• d ter th • .’ mi:*. . .* • mv nt
find the C.»muirt>Tor su.h “it w . r c.< übt. at
faontn Ulturt . ty, oe hs>an du. i r.*•'.;: ‘ Ibv
: .*? ’onfedcraie State.: *a »verm; r But. w< s -
far tb:f bo done or no:, if the State is not fo-c* s d t" i
I urr* se her debt further for wi-pp no .*.* reu
jw ur fax o: no*, quite one fi:*h « i o?:e :
'per id , which »■* not high, qrrp r. e.l *. n th** j
tes cf . i ce I ) and «
i lanual cett income Iron cur Ha . » we c»n ]
Igo on aud -iruy the r *.ir.»rv x; -d :u *f*s •' ur ;
j. ' it** Goverr.ti,eat, and bo '.*u ra: r ■ *.s mluca* j
1 a •*.?>* 1 f.i- •: t’L . p V. and : d vr.us pay
q \.ti w Po.'e .it it in ah u half the time some of it is
I* due, it persons holding vur bondti would receive
j, par for them before co wmg due."
' This is a truthful .ud ft altering nicture of
]' GeorgtVs indebtedness and her resourc es, pre-*
I » nted by her Comptr*.’.!ernGenerai ia his report
i to the Governor, and \> which v,. shall icier
I Aga.o 10-aaorrow.
I Akothis Pahti .* Succkss.—A it ei •d.u: I
writes us that “Captain lib Hay wo i, w. • com— i
j maud? a company if partisans, captured a few
I days since twelve of a vile company i f traitors,
I near Lancfit Id, Haywrod c uuty, Tennes?qe. They
j had beta organir» g a company fir the Federal
I service m that district for some time, and had
•*arried m a gemrai thieving business umone
i their neighb rs- steal.ng hors*s and mules, and
J iakiug theti to namkoidi and Treaton for sale to
J ' 'ha FederiL. Captin day wood hearing of their j
operations, pu;d :te; au unexpected visit, and i
IW'ok their captain, (one Reveil,) wel known in I
that country as a notorious traitor, w.th eleven of j
his men. They had beeu regularly mustered into
be Federal service. They richly deserve the
traitor’s doom—* hangman’# rop#.”
fJrruu.ii i Mitfi.) Appeal, Oct. 22*
Brio. G*w. Chalhbbs. —it was incorrectly re
oovt?d tbat Bng Gpn Ghi'arn was suspended
tor his assault upon Mumfordaville* The attack
xiade by General Chaim_*rs was a daring assault,
whicu he led in person. His conduct, instead of
criticisms, provoked the highest cornn.eudu.ious
’rom the Department a«» well as from hi? superior
officers. General Chalmers is the mmt youthful
Brigadier iu khe service with the exception, per
haps. of Gen, Walker. ChaimerV cbivairto c<)ur
, Age and bearing iro »s effective among his sol*
Tiers a? his eloquence up'n the ple. Hence
the desperate during ihe regiments that
Aaalted the fortifications at Muoii.irdsvitie.
A'nt xoiUe ( Ibin.) Xtguur, OcL 26.
9.± ±-
INTEKENTI.Nf; FROM EUROPE.
AMERICAS' AFFAIRS IS’ EUROPE—THE}
FEELIHG IN ENGLAND IN 3EGARD TO
I THE WAR-THE SOUTH MUST RE RECOG. t
SIZED—“COTTON 13 KING '-THE CROPS
IN EUROPE AC
: By the last mails from Europe we are enabled j
J to present a very interesting summary of Karo- |
j J*can intelligence.
THK BMSLSfiH PRESS # >.V THB MESSAGE OP PRKSIDENT j
DAVIS.
¥mrn thf London Tirr<*i.
Air. Davis denounces the manner in which in* j
; war is carried on by his antagonist. The pas-j
' sions engendered by defeat hare changed th*. !
. character of ho»tiiitifS--have introduced rap.ne i
j and wanton destruction of proper*y, war upon
nfin-combatant.-, ihe murder of ci.tivep, bloody)
j threats to avenge the <*f aD invading sc.aierv,
orders of banishment against the peaceful cultis
valors of the soil. To the evils of which the
President complains—and it is to be feartii with
only too much justice- he adds the confiscation
act, the forging cf the securities cf the .Southern
States, and, last of all, the shameful proclamation
of General Butler. The subject ;s summed up
by the statement that stern and exemplary puo*»
ishment can and must be meted out to the mur
derers and felons who, disgracing the profession
of arms, seek to make a public war the occasion
for the commission of the most monstrous crimes.
Mr. Davis makes no secret of the hard necesM*
ties which the war imposes. He recommends a
law to include in the conscription persons from 35
’o 45 years of age H * does not apprehend that
any further enrollment will be necessary. But
the very large increase of force called for by Air.
Lincoln renders the adoption of such a precaution
*
statement that th** proportion available lor war
like purposes u; der -5 years of age is already in
the field, and that there will he no reluctance to
fill up the gaps whifn war may create m this
body from the remainder of the community. r i os
is not 3tated an matter of threat or boast, but
simply of business. It is the language of a man
who has entered upon an entcrprize of which he
has folly and deliberately counted the cost, mid
is willing to pay that coat to the very l ist drop ot
his blond. When we consider that this is the lan*
guage (»f the victorious party, and that it is in
the very midst of their success, in the fa * 1 tide
of good fortune, that the? make* tms provision and :
antic.pa: th.s .. rifice, we arc struck with the
resolution which such a proposal implies, and
more than ever impressed with the madness ot
supposing that men actuated by this spirit are to
o** put dowii and destroyed by an incoherant ar
ray of different literally bribed into a twr
vkv which they detest by bounties varying from
fifty to u hundred pounds sterling.
TftK rei.LIKG IN F.MiOAND IN BtC.UiD TO TUP WAU
Tilt IMPOSSIBILITY OK SI’BJUGATION—THE WAR OF
conquest intermix a bll — rkcoo.n it ion or rut
S«‘VTH- STARVATION IN XUUOI « ONLBSB TttRY ÜbT
r >TTOK, AC.
Prom the London Corr r -mdrm of the New Turk Times.
I lit cannot oe all .wed in England that the N u ih
an ever be successful. Publia opinion i« very
firmly set upon this, that the war cau only end ;n
« ue of two ways- .a the recognition of the mde»
pendence of the South, or the adoption by die
North of the Confederate constitution. Fiance, it
i> now slated, only awaits the arrival of her army
iu M« rcii t«»pr»*ss upon Logiaod th<» recognition
of the Confud. ra v. The news of the conquest of
the coy of Montezuma# is expected to reach Dau
by the Ist of December. You have, therefore,
only sixty days .* ft for tht Conquest of the S* nth.
Us one thing, how* ver, Eugiana feel#assured, that
the South can never, never, never be conquered
especially by a Government that issues sixty
miiiiooH of sbinplauteis, very liable to be coun
terfeited, and which cannot be printed as fast
as they are wanted by a greed? and credulous
pubUc.
The h«pe, somewhat entertained here, that the
Democratic j'arty in the North would take the
field and epd the war, seems as fallacious a# every
other. I have not seen the first judication of a
disposition, ou the part of any political organiza
tion, to end the war in any way, but by us more
vigorous prosecution. I know that there are i&
dividual*, ail over the North, who would be glad
to make peace on the «nly terras on which peace is
now possible—-but no party in the North dare go
to ihe polls with concession U> the South—l mean
the concession of Southern independence—on its
banners. And if no party dare talk o! peace, or
vote ior peace —if peace is contrary to the popu
lar will—hew is p.ace to be obtained * It can
only be in one way. It taunt be conquered by the
subjugation of the South, or the w .r must go o:i.
It mu>t go on until that result is attain***:, or until
Lo r*is u change >a public opinion. The Nona
must abandon ihi purpose to conq ».*r the South,
th« SbuUt ixiuht abandon its purpose to resi-i
the N>)i h. The war must go ou until one side or
i the other n thoroughly aahdaed, or uutd both are
j anxious t«u pesbe.
! Th Federai “victory“ *n Mary'aod ha. scat up
i '.vu ai d cotton gc ■*■U in Liverpool and !5..-
• £ •*-•'. * A weokagt' th- holder# *.vt re shaklug ; n
‘ r .&r th the war would end ?o .uer
• n rti a N.*w th y hop# um iv :asr a
[' ' ■' . r As it :s * nd* nt that u.*iHi r
j■■ •• v *T victory nt all tin ts t* h*»*h
•
| •. as State ulh’r State can be invaded, and
! ‘ • Id by each army in turn, there is no reasonable
■ ' i ' or prospect of • termination of hostilities.
Th -*s vho the siarvation aad
j • n ' f the South and the bankrupt' v .<r con u- a
lot ilt North, h ive been alike d . :*pi oni-nl. War
’ ' - s *ULo •«, and (ends to its »pr h/ug * non.
\IV l.* b com, accustomed c.ad hardeu*:d » . -
I horrois. They crave 'ts ejtcifem jta anas c.-a
|ti n**. T nere is ac.» man mi either side c. pi.«»t
• . •■••.*-' g either by military r .i.c.M a <»:• ipi -
. No terras that cith r par'.v can » dvr*.
• .
j .Hi i . j norm, cs ~rnvo«, and thv r> of ten
i will, .. s:\ r - ven e-.;*. b * Id a nigh to e t-.a
• tu 'i •: .1 ’ Itiiew. AnJ 'a- Jack?: -a ;..* . nt at
Ii t. m thissiraggie, has gr*:at udv.-.u**
t* . Id not speak of men, for they may be
- u‘.ra*.iz.*d by distance and climate ; or of r.•
|s v* , lor . run ** abuad .t! yu, ■ lied ro i, h
I ou: *** , t*ruled an i beafeo even oy a. :: w a »
.- - !
age, hat South is anx c.? for peaoe ft ucd ia- uc l
hope •*; «.-■■•..quest. Th North, therefore, cau bav - j
p*. ti e whenever it prefers it t*> war. It has the ‘
option -o iigh: or not. True, the South also ha.- j
ttie option of dubmlt&ion. But there is a rccog**
nz. Ic difference cetwc.n the position of two
part if.-, or?e of whom uiu-: submit r be conquered
win nit can resist no long r. while the other hoe
only, to 1 rego c nq.ieat art i welcome peace.
There is very little news to write. I* is said
J thut Mr. Lincoln has sent to France for Generals
j Übanuataier aud Lamaurciere, to take command
of the American arm l .es, but that the Kc peror
wiil not permit fhern to engage in an affair in
which f e proposes to take a hand at an early dav.
Ganb.i.di, however, »f we can trust a letter, said
to have b< tii written to the American Consni at
Vierna, may bcexnecteu to take such a command
h& may be off. red hun >a soon as hia wound is
healed and he is set at liberty by the Government
j at Turin.
j Theriots in Be*’ast have been followed by a
■ mob at Tralee, excited by a lecture of Gtvazzi, and
the country m in a disturbed condition, more than
it he# b-eu for manv years. It is hard to ted
whethe: tNe Orangemen or Catholics are more
exasperated.
The lost sash ire distress increases, and winter
begins bv darken—that winter so indescribably
gloomy oa this murky island. Men are talking
Uelplesfity about substitutes for cotton, but it is
very sure that unless there in peace in America
the’.ast capital invested in cotton machinery is
lost. There i* no probability of either substitute
or supply. The worst has not come, and if
Franc**, in December, should demand interven
tion of England, ihe deoiao t will come when her
need wilt bo ti sorest, and when all-potent self
iut > est will urge her to f.-eept ihe invitation.
Every •-rival fr>>m America seems to leave us
in er. it saspensoi and thes-aiicty for news inde*
' senh thie.
LATE FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Fro»> the Jack ;n Jf -" tsippia", Oct. 24.
On Snnuay lastthe English man-of-war Rm-aldo i
approach'-. the foot of Canal street, and, fts-vimiDg j
a hostile attitude, demanded from the authorities
j the reiease of James Syroe, draggut, an Engiiab
sabject, who was confined in Fort Pickens, and
irdemnilkution tor the seizure of his property aud
1 ptT.v n, t< the extent of -f ! - '0« )■.••). Gen. Jin tier
j requested ten days to corsult with -he authorities
|at Washington to which the captain assented.—
I The captain of the Rioaldo is a young British
i officer of grtut gallantry, and whose sympathies
lore said to oe warmly !n fav.-r of the South.— |
1 When our prisoners were leaving New Orleans the
j band on his vessel struck up the lively tune of
j «he ••Runny Blue Fiag” :o the great cnagria of the
j Yankees.
I In the D'ltaof the 10th, Brute Butler fulminates ,
i the following General Order :
HeaDQ'ES OeI'AHT ’? f A TUB GILF, \ !
New Orleans, Oct. 17. f j
G neral Orders No. a
All persons holding powers of attorney or let
tern of autboriziti >d from, or who -re merely act’
mg for, or tenants of, oi intrusted with any mon
eys, goods, wares, property or merchandise, real,
personal or mixed, ol any person now m the ser
vice of the so-called Con ederate Slates, or any
person not known by such agen». tenant or truss
tee, to be a loyal citizen of the United Slates, or a
bor,a uLt neutral subject of a fore gn government,
will retain in their own hand until further orders,
all such moneys, good?, wares, merchandise and
I' property, and make an accurate return of the
same to David C. G. Fu Id, Esq., Financial Clerk
f this Department, upon oath, ou or before the
first day of November next. Every such agent. |
j tenant * r trustee f tiling t > make true returns or !
j -tidii pay over or deliver ar.v such moneys, goods, j
I' wares, merch iodise ami propei ty to or for the use, j
directly • r indirectly, of any person not Known to |
b-- a l *yal nit zeu of the United S’ates, without an
order from these headquarters, will bo held per-
J so l ally responsible for the amount no neglected I
to be ret lrn d, paid over or delivered All rents
due or to become due tv tenants of property be
longing to persons not known to be loyal citteens
of »}.- United States, will he paid » - they become
due, to f). (’. O. Field, E.-q., Etna;' ral Clerk » t
the Department.
By command oi Maj. Gen. llctlkr. |
Geo. C.SrnoNO, A. A. G., Chief ol sitall.
FALL GF GALVE3TON. TEXAS
j The Federal fleet ofTGalveston, Texas, attacked !
that city wa the 4th iast. A Federal steamer ran J
v
*und laid to at the Central Wharf. The battery
was then destroyed by me Conte ierate troops,
who marched to Virginia Point. The troops in
Galveston left and to the same Point. The
Federal sfe oners lying off Galveston, five to num
ber, gave the authorities ot the town four days tc
remove the women uni children Ironi the place,
a? the expiration of which time they would shell
the p’uoc if it was not surrendered. On the 9th
inst.,. after the civil and military authorities had
fled from Galveston, a portion of the Federal fleet
had steamed slowly up to the city and took posi
tions oppose the principal directs. A meeting
of the citiz i s had been held on the even.ng pre*
vioiH, and Mr. James \V\ Moore appointed Mayor
pr> Um , who now, with other citizens, went ou
board Coinmauder Hebhtiaw’s vessel, and rei
que-led -td know that officer’s intentions with re-. \
gard to tbu city What l How *.l is thus related : i
Kensbhw replied that he had come to take pods t
session of the city, it being at his mercy, but j
that he should u<»t interfere with the |
affair* < I ttie city, at.d that the people might re- j
sume hudnetis as heretofore. He , c a:d he would ;
noteccupy the mace until »he arrival of a military
commander, but .hat be should hoist the Federal >
flag upon the public tun.d i.gs, and asked the
Mayor to have it respected. The Mayor replied !
that he could not guarantee protection to the flag, -
whereupon the Yankee officer said he would
waive that pi .ot to avoid anv difficult like that
whic’> occurred in New Orleans, and when he sent
the flag ashore he wou d send a sufficient force to
protec i n, and that ho would not keep the ting
flying U’ more than a quarter or half an hour,
sufficient t » show the absolute possession. The
flag w..s accordingly soon hoisted upon the (Has*
torn House, and kept there for half an hour, when
the detachment ot marines took it down again
and pr< i ’eded back to the fleet.
Keushaw in f ormed the Mayor pro tem. tha* he
should insist open the right ;or any of his m* n in
charge of »u < (fleer to comeon shore and walk the
‘'tree’s of thee :?, bat that he would not permit
his men to come ou sh re indiscriminately, or in
*.he night, and that should his men insult citizens,
he gave the Mayor the right to arrest uud report
to hiu. when h<* Would punish them more rigidly
than v. •, - My could. Ou the other Land he
dec . . mat. h. u.d any ot n s moj oe insulted
or f. .ter. ?h streets of Galveston, or any of
tu- :.i - i> '• b-* ho? at from the land or
a ,• .. h» r.i• i r.oli the city responsible and
| <•,»• ;'• t- JiUd.a-* ' D the satoe instantly, aod
jlb v * wr .-•..'tu and double shot
jt ■.. rt• t;. ." .. ih a s declared that it was
jit •* ? -V. i.i nos t * Government to hold
{»’ b-u i’ . * hf.zirds until the end of *he
.‘.I ~ • turned t> «t •;r vc-s'ls, and up to
a to furtb communication bad
y - it a them and iti authorities at Gal
live. ESCAPED rBITiGS BUBNESS
:'Votn, ;‘t At tent* <€Au.') HoutAcm ConfcJcr icy, Oa i7. j
O’. Th ar- -*.v night !a t. Col. Lee received infer- ,
m.'.uon by a courier from a sub-iantiai farcior j
residkug Iwtiivu zui;-.-s west o; Palmetto, that live I
men. s rangers ’a’i ut section, veil armed with |
rrvotvi'.iT pistil’s, had called at his h use and do- j
i • r s*-> ut fi 'ir >ns uid : ■ • a . d : > fire it any |
P
j It .s >u- ; ' i'' . .vs.‘ ve some ot the bridge j
{burners iateiv escaped from »he jail here, and I
Kr.mg hopes are aicru.ned that they will be j
The oscaj' l «>i ihese ai*-u is the m mysterious |
thing in the 'history ot this s.ci.oa. TLt r escape (
lr.:m the jan •> a.- known, and men were after them j
in less than ba f an hour. Mounted men were j
qutckly beyond . y oointtbey could have reached; i
and the most ceaseless activity uud vigilance has i
been disi iay- dby Goi Lee. Men hive been out j
constantly, nigru uud day, scouring t!i? country i
and watching .n * direction, and no trace
whatever ot h-j.s be»'n round, save the ffiree
who w re kilKrd, the men first spoken of m
:hie ar’icle are same of ih* n*. If these men have
escaped bcvci.d *■ ach, u is passing strange that
they hare no' been seen If they are still near
toe city. :t is si.li trr.re strange hey have not
been found. Altogether, it is the most mysterious
ana unacconnht&k affair ot the day.
Wey mot Makv Moccasins.— la the course of the
DtWspuper discussion about shoes for the army,
seme have proposed to let the negroes go without
shoes during the present winter, while others in
sist it will be economy to buy shoes for them at
any price. Now in old frontier times it was the
ca toT, alike of the Indian hunter and settler to
make moccasin.- out of dry hides and nobody
ever thought of. shoes. Every man mado his own
covering for the feet, and it wa9 not only made
very easily and cheaply but it answered every
purpose of shoes. Why, then, may not planters
get up at home, with a very little’labor and ex«»
pease, moccasins which wifi answer all the sub
staettai ends of shoes and keep their servants dry
fooied ucd healthy during the winter. It dees ap
pear to us that u very iittle ingenuity and labor
wul be required in tbi* -vav to make all ibe ne.
groes eom:ortabie, ami s’.li <ave the shoes for the
soldiers. Macon *.Ga.; i eiegraph, Oct. 23.
THE FEVER.
| On Saturday morning, as stated in our Bulletin
[of that day. the weather was soft a~d balmy, and
continued warm throughout the day. Towards
the evening, the sky gradually became ovh cas*.
with mdicaitons ot rain, ana « t a proOaoie
in the weaiher. Somewhere curing the eight oi .
Saturday, r r rather e >mewhere be:ore u..y « .
Suncay, it commenced raining hea- i y. and c a
t’nued to do so with but sligh* ntil
and turning colder in the coin : the day.—
As evening approached, the sky cleared off.
I o’clock the wind having veered ad t. the West
‘ | acd Northwest, commenced blowing a perfect
gale, which it kept up with k.*t e interval cut:!
I morning. Tke wind was so penetrating that it
| f fe!*c Id enough for frost, ba ? la the nu-r
positions in ♦own the thermometer did not tall
below 45. At 9 o’clock (his morning in tbe< pen
•air, bat completely exempted from any influence
of the sun, the thermumeier s ood i 4- .
Ibe effects of tfcs mild * -m; erasure r. Surer day
were apparent iu thesmali number of atatns, the
interments only number»ag 4 , while on the o’her j
band there were 35 new cases reported as having 1
occurred on That day, be.ng nearly doub-e those'
of the day before.
On Sunday he number of c w cases reported j
was iii, acd the interments at the Cemetery 5. We
question, h >wever, if this can b? said t<- repre
sent yes’erday's mortality, as we are informed
that ten coffins were issued tr /m the Centra! Depot, 1
and that twe were procured from other parties, ,
rnaSiOg iu a’i 12.—Wilmington Journal, Oct. *j7. j
LET! Eli FROM FLORIDA
From lUk CotunFud {(rCl.)
Camp L y, Oct. 24, I j
.* d? Srk : For ’he la-: tea -»r a i-zen tl\\ •> we I
{ have had a standing order, to keep three riav3’
1 provisions cooked ahead. It w ait: ;e di.Ti ult |
Ito comply with order to •.*•* r, as we drew ;
•
j be cooked? j
j either in the land or naval H n—-;. in that quart! j
ter. The presence of the Devil, in person aup ng |
J men, ought to the boldest to hold their j
breath for a shor t season, but I am unable to say
| what effect hk» appearance „ai cn the : - l. ju- -
j tents at the ancient city of tbo Gulf,
| Whyu will our people learu sense? The M.»v. r I
ot Mobile has an advertisement in one of the city
j papers, soliciting labor to aid the military com
i muodant :□ completing the defences! IL.* r.l!
is made at a nice tune <*f day. They suonid |
huv*» been completed month? ag»». W » ci'.n beat ;
the Yank', or any other people, in building v. oi ks !
of defence—on paper. Ab nit the tim * »h»* ene- i
my’s iron clads appear off C larlrstou anil S ,\..na
nah the people ol the Chattahoochee Valley will
conclude that they had better send a lew or their
buck negroes to work on the river defences, uud
risk the injury to their morals, which would he j
groes will die of course ; they w< uid do this ut
home.
Whatever i- done for our wmt* r d -tens must j
be done quickly, it we wou id prese/v.- ti.ose i
whom we love from tbe sight, und perhaps . j
touch, of a lascivious, brutalized soldiery, \v j
must work, and work now, now.
Yours, ATE 11
THE CONSCBIPT LAW
• “I*. W. A. ’, the sensible Army correspondent j
j of the Savaunab (Ga.) Republican, :n a letter to \
that journal from Richmond, under date of Oct. j
23d, offers the following sensible view. . the |
; subject of conscription and the conscription bill: i
But now that the policy b-s received, tor the!
second time, the solemn sane; not the Ev cutive !
branch of the Government anJ both II u?*-i of *
Congress, there can be no impropriety in s igg-sts
ing that it were better for all concerned :<> yield j
obedience to the law, whatever may be our per- j
soual opinions about it. and render everv u - «ied i
assistance to its prompt and faithful execuii' n.
Any other Cfiurse of action on the part ot the Jim j
diciary of the States or ot the individuals -m- i
braced tn tbe provisions of the act, would be |
fraught with incalculable mischtei.
There is one matter, however, which should be !
brought to the attention of the Governin' f : I j
allude to the description of persons to oe ♦ n ,r .:.**-
ed with the execution of the law and the v. in r 1
ot its enforcement; of course no reflection .s in
tended upon any individual heretofore c; t “d
with the enrollment ot conscript. But » r.-
ence has demonstrated the fa.*t most abo . y,
that none but men ot sound judgrr nt ;d are I
discretion should receive the * |
ot enrolling dicer or examining so . A:i
tbe Government can des rc ss ttu - i • * t*.- |
abie bodied men of thecouoiry. It .i. . .in.-, j
Wi?h to harruss the people ur..-a”u ? 's
force into the r.»uis p-r?ous «;f lecbi r ! . J
instead ot adding to tha strength ar..: u y
of the army, would be . n expense ai 1 -.ra.-j
brancs.
Ttie impolicy and cruelty ibe c mr- r- ■ . -
fore pursued are illustrat'd by the so: ..
j re.uted to me by Brigadier G n rai •>: .v I
y »aog man iu one ot his regiments, arxi •; •> 1
| serve h s country, had volunteered ;•> 1
I war, cut his health became such, owing : •. s I
ease the heart, us to reader if impos ti r ‘
hun to continue in the army. According' B:r f
| s.-verul months’ service, tie was regu r!> -i:s> j
» charged on account of a.sab -iiy. Open h•r. - ;
.urn home, he was caugfi-. up b . the *i r sr ;
! - - ;
m
|la 'his u'iavtj .. - I-a »w.
J N b .» '. : - as 1. .
o:i:7 v.'us ibe p. •; ui-cr.. • '• "i :. - J
ii ■ i •
j still more aggravated character, b ■:* t th- gov- j
iLe individual, have occtrrcd, ana ]
j need not be reh- arsed here, for they are pertccuy !
j L.miliar to the country.
j Tae point dcsigood to b - made, an t which i»
| bbtiiidactly e.'tabiishedhy past experience, is that
the law usrlf is odious to a large c.ass oi th-.- pe;»- ;
j pie. aud that great care and prudence shoaia be !
j exercised tn tbe execution of . . Where the ab!e
--i bod., d men within th conscript age seek : > evade !
| the service due ■ the g >vtrumen:, every
i should be employed to compel them to the per- '■
j refinance of their duty. The man who is not \
reaay :o strike for own freedom, deserves to ;
be a slave. Bat persons who are too feeole to do ;
milita'-y duty, and who yet might renaer import
taat service at home, suonlo not be fnr :ed into ■
;he held, only to became a dead weight :■» tbe
army and an expens? to the government. l«» «ic- ;
complisb this desirable end, officers and surgeons
of judgment, experience and good common sense |
should be employed in the execution ct tt-e law,
which is already odious enough, and wtnefi may ,
be rendered more so bv the appointment or pert,
flippant, unfeeling and inexperienced agen'.s.
As Imprkonxblk Fout Hole.—A Bond a paper
says that visitors to tbe Nation a Exhibit it % will
see in the n&vai department a sma.t guu on a
traversing carnage, which is intended to .snow a !
new mode of filling the aperture of a p r. hole
with a revolving shield. The gun goes through
a ball or spbencal revolver. This revolver moves
on axles, and allows the gun t<. b.- turned ;n everv 1
direction; and whichever way the gen is pointed,
whether elevated, U--press d, or or forward,
there is n-» opening d - 'used t or the eoirv of a
mime bullet. When * shot is discharged, thk* !
guu recoits, uud tu. ;v»*r turns, and present-* |
a closed appeara !> txtar»or. This plan :
permits pot's to be ?i. e . .r.:-*r, ana guns can tp <
so depressrG as to n?r a vessel nearly under 1
ibe muxzeL
STATEMENT
| 0* the cumber of Officers and Men kiii-j ,1
Arm? of the in tuo
near Perryville, Kr.. Oct. iHh. T v ’*|
F- * tAv F' ■ : rV< (T- ',*) F.c fitter. o~*. r ., !
k:f«t brio a üb- brig. gux. r]
Killed. V 1
! ]Oth Tennessee. 42
51st Tennessee j
Tennessee 5 * t j
; 15th Tennessee 6 1
-th Tennessee 4 *>. I
Total 07 -•* -:j
SD« ND fg BT 'JI AL E— 3EIIG. « t.V. SI K WART, CdSik i
Officers. Unlisted f
riCiiment. K'lled. W • let!. K: ; v '.*l
4th Tennessee I 4 11 1
' sth Tennessee 8 12 11
24*h Tennessee 2 f,
| 01st Tennessee 4 1* 15 ~ |
20d Tennessee I 0 It*
' Stanford’s battery.— 2
n Z Z
! “ . ij
i Total oSceivAtuca. 51
THICD SKIOADS— BRIO. O*K. MANET. COMO 5. 1
Officers. Enlisted- l
j Ks glraer.t K led. Wout Jed. Killec. w, J
i Ist iennessee o 15 42 1
j 6th
) bth Tennessee. 2 1 • 1
I 27th Tennessee 2 12 .4 1
I 41st Georgia 4 ' 00
! Smith’s baUe-y -
> 54 Si 4.1
1T *• officer* & men. 7:. „ 1
SUMMARY.
j billed. WVir J
hr • Brigade *;7 -."l
Second Brigade 7' 1
j Third Brigade if. 8
-I
1 m killed &Da«caau«a..._»! tl
j EFFECTIVE TOTAL HEFOKE THIS KNiiA'IEM ENT. I
first Brigade J
X
j Tiitrd Brigade «
| Grand Total J
s
WHAT THE ABXT HAS DONE jj
As the curtain is lifted w hich obscured tt ~
, 1
c .U,.r.l iul rnor :)• *n sos the whHe cam; M
.*>ince lieu. Bragg marched !n.m Tupelo,—*:®
COUfti* Ll :Lui Wli LUt .. Li ved which )**
fcXpcctttiion demanded, w* hAVe übuoddcM-jJ
to congrutulu e tut* country on retails JB
I By the ma: wavering of our armies, wiihon ■
V- (.1 .11 . lit a buttle wl ich w n'.C M
, « ithou-a- i - va aablc iiVvS, N1: K. $
I t.vc country is again freed frem the preset’■
vauuv. ... - ud- held *t under t: • ««.
gazing Mt:chell, while Huntsville groaned b. J 8
4
The M rnp-. s ur. K’b. rle**'>n Railroad, A
* arm. : Gen Brice may be sp"-ii!y mot pre
I ( East to c-opera wiiu that of Bragg,
which Brice may be reinforced, has beea s;*3
j ' peiieJ from Chattanooga t.» a point very net Tl
• . non of or- --m.n in North M.ssissippi. M
diddle Tennessee has again (alien with l ? left.
I lines, except Nashv lie itself, where a beleA*:jj|
: -.'arri-on readers Federalism odious by ih« ***
i r i.b. exactiucs imposed upon the people. —■
i The temper of Kentuckians, who fur ew> J
luouiha :..%7e groaned beneaih ihe cooqu
I\uk**, has been tried* and we* have learned 4 c
when we may hold permanent possession if 41
j .State, there shall not be waiting an: .
! to sustain the cau-*' of the South. gei
■ Our army needed . upplies, which the ****
| ces r the Gulf States could not furnish.
1 a-uuid not be deemed very valuable at tbi S 9
but to the bare too ♦, ili«ciad soldier of the J* 1
| we caco t ertioiwte too h.ghly the result «ra
I carupaigu. A».d here, let us asrard thst
■ those energetic men, no* deemed a part
rnt-og • itenaiuf an array who, like M.'i’vfl
T -m Beyers and others, evinced a courajjr .fl
! fixedness of pur; • > m forwurdiug m:-41
•-••a.:“a tr.uns.that Geiierult* would have burc- ifejj
c d h&vwe the supposed impos'.S^H
j h .7e w i honors a.i well as another o f
bijar.ermasfcr Ua: or, who .s a ’•oinnte ’ ■
i tei» morally w\ -icu d o*. the b.oody bi-M "H
t; »r ruiy has d trie mu h a- d better
! whenevtd Bhcs m* t-ue* y* I* "has fl
j u.seii to c ip« with a Federal f<»rce foatajjjj
j great- r than . It win v«c? >ei .us ftt
fordsnite and ach ved a briihant success
I mond ■
j W e hav< much n t.i ; e sa'tsfied
i has bceh uecomi i—bed and ••• I ui- witn
1 confidence to th- oiave body of t>o -»tU’*
j no >up. riors on th;
} the titpeti'c o* our am -. t let him walk aly'M oj
CT i
iand f . will bu- one smgl* ex;:r -
! r *- f, # *that we did r.t fight Buell n* r *
’ .V ! ;nfordsville before he reached 1.-i w
The people may rr-st assured if .t tk ?
is sate ’while we have such gold:ere, ana
I have Generals wb<’<t se*'.*e r bo '
f The campaigmsnot vet cioipd thou. - Vs
and pians ere undeveloped.
The Rbch.vt Paov Gca Hit Ho*
! SiTA » U»a -ihe M -r.e*.?a A- • I j
| iaih :n ttliudiug taifie r-rent a.- iul . >
■ c rmtt din that crv bv .» i» r: do*
i < _.r- b a-.io*, - ;S5
I unprovoked outrage carl murder has u»
* » -- "■ * rr '
1
Ittey committed tueir : * E
’ alter their arrival knccking down
’
: “they got into a : >u* t * with
. Prcpb- of Marietta. This w Id
. prcaaiou tk.it there were two r en ’ r ki’^H
• the row, when the shooting among - cr
! unexpected—unprovotte-J oy »o iu«>e -■
• assembi* d fas is nsualiy the cose; at ■ne
jon the eve of the arrival of me :ra;n .
i We leara that the men u.ve ockQ
i to the civil authorities of this county.
1 perhaps, the disposui■nn of
1 we leave tt.
ClothTng v.»a 00 a Tko.jps.—Aooai 7,a
i -2 000 ovsr-coats, S ,OOO pairs of paut»,
■. 9
Q.iarte-miwter Geoeml tj
«tmgi : 31
1 federal - Sutes. Thi3 c -8-jH
' South Camlin* soWiets
learn, need clothes, an., all po£. a-- H
' desired.— Chu. ili'cury.j. . -
tß' Tire rebel irar-danee is best
1 skedaddle— Louisville (Kg. • oirurtM.
The Yankee war dance .3 bestknoxn a.
: B, »1ltb«toj« Ciptfred bt rn* jJj.-fflS
ex;ra issued be the press 'if Housto., *
, ho i.-jth ’ost Ve hare the full pirticuAts
! capturl of'‘oilTeiston by the Vankeeso. -»
Tbe Confederate military fo,.te hid i f
evacuated the city
,l:ck-*jn. Mi s y sfipf - * * '
i o„ rB ET Session^—lt is a fact IHt'.e kne c«|
j for the first fire years of the Government^. efj,
: e d Stetes Senate always sat in secre- /.
i -, m e the doom were open for tbe pahii- *te#
1 was on the contest as tn tbe r. jnt of i‘ s
1 f,n to a in the Beuate. cia